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Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Flat Rock Tunnel, Beneath Flat Rock Hill, west of Schuylkill Expressway (I-76), West Manayunk, Montgomery County, PA

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Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Flat Rock Tunnel, Beneath Flat Rock Hill, west of Schuylkill Expressway (I-76), West Manayunk, Montgomery County, PA

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Summary

Significance: It is one of the earliest railroad tunnels built in America. The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad made significant contributions to America's transportation history and the history of the anthracite coal industry. It was the largest corporation in the world. Moncure Robinson made significant contributions to the engineering and development of America's early railroads.
Survey number: HAER PA-539
Building/structure dates: 1840 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1858-1859 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1888-1889 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1936 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1994 Subsequent Work

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Robinson, Moncure
Robinson, Wirt
Wilson, William H
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)
Norfolk Southern Railroad
Louis Berger & Associates, contractor
DeLony, Eric N, project manager
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, sponsor
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), sponsor
Spivey, Justin M, transmitter
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Casella, Richard M, historian
Wuebber, Ingrid, historian
place

Location

West Manayunk40.02532, -75.23629
Google Map of 40.025318, -75.2362891
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Source

Library of Congress
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Copyright info

No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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